My interface with the Korean War was only as follows:
1) My first wife's father, who'd been at Pearl Harbor and subsequently fought the Japanese on various islands across the Pacific, re-enlisted for Korea because he believed the Army had been good to him and he owed more service to his country. His family (wife, son, and daughters) moved to Occupied Japan to be near him, but his son contracted polio there. The father was called back from the front lines because the son was dying, and while he was away his entire company was wiped out. He was the only survivor.
2) My second wife's father, a resident of Shandong Province, was about to be called up for the next wave of Chinese resistance when the cease-fire was announced. He'd been certain that he would die if he went. Had that happened, there would have been no second wife.
Thanks for writing this. My Grandfather was 19 years old when he was at that battle. 3/1 H Co. 1st MarDiv. Rifleman. I grew up hearing the few stories he was willing to share. He landed at Inchon, fought in Seoul, and was at the Reservoir when the Chinese came in. It shaped him into the man he became.
Thanks for this. My father was there.
My interface with the Korean War was only as follows:
1) My first wife's father, who'd been at Pearl Harbor and subsequently fought the Japanese on various islands across the Pacific, re-enlisted for Korea because he believed the Army had been good to him and he owed more service to his country. His family (wife, son, and daughters) moved to Occupied Japan to be near him, but his son contracted polio there. The father was called back from the front lines because the son was dying, and while he was away his entire company was wiped out. He was the only survivor.
2) My second wife's father, a resident of Shandong Province, was about to be called up for the next wave of Chinese resistance when the cease-fire was announced. He'd been certain that he would die if he went. Had that happened, there would have been no second wife.
Thanks for writing this. My Grandfather was 19 years old when he was at that battle. 3/1 H Co. 1st MarDiv. Rifleman. I grew up hearing the few stories he was willing to share. He landed at Inchon, fought in Seoul, and was at the Reservoir when the Chinese came in. It shaped him into the man he became.